Veil-rack.



PATENTED NGV.A

M. n. com. VEIL RACK.l PPLIOATION FILED AAFB.. 28, 1905.

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' UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

MARIE D. (JOEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VElL-RACK.

To (tl/f whom t may conceive:

Be it known that I, MARIE D. COEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Veil-Rack, of which the following is aspecification.

A ladys veil when not in use is ordinarily left pinned to a hat or isthrust into a box or drawer. In either case it is Inussed and spoiled.Any attempt to relieve from this condition by folding results inwell-defined creases. The conditions are still more unfavorable wherethe veil is damp or wet. y The distressed appearance of such veils istoo well known to require further comment. As nothing completes a streettoilet as well as a fresh and well-preserved veil, the importance ofcare in this final touch can scarcely be overestimated.

The object of my invention is to provide effective means for suitablyholding the veil when not in use.

A further obj ect of my invention is to prevent mussing and appearanceof wear by wrinkling ofthe veil.

A further object of my invention is to retain a ladys veil insubstantially its primitive freshness throughout its life.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rackfor extending aveil and. retaining the edges in substantially a straight line when notin use.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my veil-rack showing a veil inplace. Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary section of a device similar toFig. 1, showing a covering upon the frame. Fig. 3 represents afragmentary section of a modified form of my device. Fig. 4 is a similarview of another form.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a board or frame about which theveil is adapted to be folded. It may be covered by any suitable coating2, which may be protective, decorative, or absorbent. At suitabledistances apart for the desired width of the veil I provide the pegs,pins, or studs 3 in rows, suitably spaced from each other and extendingaway from the board or frame upon opposite sides of the same, whichpegs, pins, or studs are adapted to engage and. retain the marginalthreads of the veil.

The veil is preferably wound on the frame Specification of LettersPatent. application ne@ April 2s, i905. semi No. 257.81'5.

Patented. NOV. 20, 1906.

with the border or marginal threads of the former engaging the pegs atopposite ends of the board. This can be accomplished with very littlecare after each wearing. It is evident that the veil may be wound aboutthe board a plurality of times and that thus any length of veil ornumber of veils may be accommodated. It is further evident that veils asordinarily manufactured are of such uniform width that one row of pegsat each end of the frame and at opposite sides thereof will suffice toengage the marginal threads of the veil.

I preferably round the edges 4 and 5 of my board or frame to avoidforming creases in the veil. It is evident that the board or frame maybe made of any suitable material, either solid, as shown, or of skeletonconstruction covered or decorated in any suitable manner and that wherethe covering is absorbent drying of moist veils will be hastened. Therows of pins may be spaced any desired distance for special veils whichare intended to be placed thereon. The individual pegs may be separatedor spaced by any desired distance and may project to any extent that maybe necessary or desired.

The pins may evidently be provided with heads 6, if desired, and may besloped in one row away from those in the row at the opposite end of theframe, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with or without the heads. Separatepins may be used upon the opposite sides of the board, as shown, orcontinuous pins 7 may be used, passing entirely through the frame andprojecting at each side thereof, as seen in Fig. 4.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which may come within the scope of my invention, and I do not,therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact conestruction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

I. As an article of manufacture, a portable veil-rack comprising a flatframe provided with a plurality of transverse rows of pins or pegs uponeach side thereof in proximity to the ends, and an absorbent surface.

2. As an article of manufacture, a portable veil-rack comprising `a flatframe, having rounded edges and a plurality of rows of pegs IOO or pinsupon each side thereof in proximity l frame, the rows on one sideregistering with to the ends, the rows upon one side being opl the rowsupon the opposite side and the pins ro posite the rows upon the oppositeside and an in the one row sloping away from those in anabsorbentcovering upon the frame. y other row.

8. As an article of manufacture, a portable MARIE D. COEY. veil-rackcomprising a frame having rounded l Witnesses: edges and a plurality ofpegs or pins arranged SARAH H. MCMILLEN,

in projecting rows upon each side of tliel DONALD F. CAMPBELL.

